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House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill [HL] Lord Grocott moved that the House do now resolve itself into a Committee on the bill. Then Lord Trefgarne moved, as an amendment to the above motion, at end to insert “but regrets that the bill is proceeding notwithstanding that the recommendations set out in the report of the Lord Speaker’s committee on the size of the House have not yet been implemented." After debate, the amendment was disagreed to (see division 1). Then the original motion was agreed to and the bill was considered in Committee. Amendment 1 was agreed to. Amendment 10 was disagreed to (see division 2), and then, after debate, the House resumed.

Friday 23 March 2018 between 10:05 and 12:38

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House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill [HL] Lord Grocott moved that the House do now resolve itself into a Committee on the bill. Then Lord Trefgarne moved, as an amendment to the above motion, at end to insert “but regrets that the bill is proceeding notwithstanding that the recommendations set out in the report of the Lord Speaker’s committee on the size of the House have not yet been implemented." After debate, the amendment was disagreed to (see division 1). Then the original motion was agreed to and the bill was considered in Committee. Amendment 1 was agreed to. Amendment 10 was disagreed to (see division 2), and then, after debate, the House resumed.
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